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Third season on the Hofstra Soccer roster after transferring from Syracuse, where she played for one season…Played forward as a freshman and sophomore, but converted to left back last year…Has four career goals and five career assists (three goals and three assists at Hofstra)...2009: ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First team Academic All-District…NSCAA honorable mention Scholar All-Region…Started all 19 games, playing every minute of every contest at left back…Finished with one goal and one assist for three points…Scored a second-half goal in a 3-0 win over VCU…Assisted on a goal in a 2-1 win over Princeton…Took 17 shots…2008: Appeared in all 22 games, including eight starts…Had two goals and two assists on the year…Scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of a 1-0 win over Stony Brook…Also had a goal in a 4-3 win over Georgia State…Picked up an assist in a loss to nationally ranked Penn State…Also had an assist in a 3-3 tie with Central Connecticut…Took 25 shots…Received CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award…At Syracuse: Appeared in all 19 games, including 17 starts…Played primarily in the midfield…Finished the year with one goal and two assists…Named the team’s Rookie of the Year…High School: Played on the Lexington Christian High School soccer team for four years…Also played two years of basketball and three years of lacrosse…Helped her squad to the New England Prep School championship in 2004…Was named team MVP four times and her league MVP three times…graduated as the fourth leading scorer in Massachusetts state history with 119 goals and 76 assists…Scored 25 goals as a freshman, 38 as a sophomore, 31 as a junior and 25 as a senior…Also had a high of 29 assists as a junior…Named the National Christian School Athletic Association Player of the Year as a senior…Two-time National Christian School All-American…An all-region selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, which also named her to the all-region academic team…Personal: Plans to be a personal trainer or strength and conditioning coach after graduation…Nicknamed “D”…Lists Julie Foudy and Michael Phelps as her favorite athletes…Names “The Great Gatsby” and “Wuthering Heights” as her favorite books…Started playing soccer at age 5…Has one younger sister…Exercise specialist major.